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Build Your Own ‘Medicare for All’ Plan. Beware: There Are Tough Choices.

By our count, there are at least 10 major proposals to expand Medicare or Medicaid. Some, like Senator Bernie Sanders’s bill, would create a single health care plan for all American ... there are othe... read more

For 2020 Dem Hopefuls, 'Medicare-for-All' Is a Defining Issue, However They Define It

Front and center are three words: Medicare ... some Democrats are trying to tread lightly for fear of land mines. When probed on Medicare-for-all, Harris said she supported eliminating private insuran... read more

Alternatives to Medicare-for-all that are worth studying and debating

How do we pay for all that? They aim to wring some costs out of the system by eliminating pay-for-fee services and increasing taxes “on the wealthy.” There are plenty of questions ... without Medicare ... read more

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Richmond Free Library to host Medicare for All conversation

Marvin Malek, MD, MPH, from Berlin, VT, and Betty Keller, MD, from St. Johnsbury, VT, will lead a discussion on “What would EXPANDED, IMPROVED MEDICARE FOR ALL ... other readers’ points of ... read more

Speaking at a breakfast sponsored by the Christian Science Monitor, Brown also said he views expanding Medicare to Americans age 50 and ... House of Representatives every three months to answer questi... read more

Some Questions for Progressives Who Want to be President

Here are a few questions journalists might want to ask their allies in the Democratic Party who are running for president. Some of the questions ... to pay for "free" college and other social programs ... read more

Democratic anxieties over 'Medicare for all' kick off first 2020 primary fight

The other 2020 contenders have offered more nuanced -- or muddled, depending on how you view it -- takes ... such as dental treatments. Some influential moderate Democrats are also trying to broaden w... read more

New Medicare for All draft bill sets a global budget model

Once the budget is set, hospitals and other institutions would need to stick ... House committees will be seriously examining and tackling some of the questions and possible solutions raised by Medica... read more

Bernie Sanders stuns no one with 2020 bid, but there are some surprises as the field unfolds

Bernie Sanders announced his candidacy Tuesday morning, adding a prospect who at 77 is not only a generation older than most of the other hopefuls but also ... that seemed controversial then — Medicar... read more

Hospital lobby ramps up 'Medicare for all' opposition

Hospital lobbies are mounting a coordinated effort to dissuade legislators from supporting Medicare for all, a policy health systems ... outcomes to remain largely stagnant, in some cases even trailin... read more

Warren's national child care proposal has an ObamaCare problem

The views expressed by contributors ... Whether it’s ObamaCare, welfare, food stamps or any other government program, when the benefit goes to some, but not all, it becomes subject to these ... read more

Memo to the media: Stop asking dumb questions about ‘socialism’

Harris began to respond, saying “I strongly believe that we need Medicare-for-all,” to which ... distinguishes her from other candidates; reporters and editors decided it was worth reporting only beca... read more